Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Romans
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:1 JFB -> Commentary on 13:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:1 PNT -> Commentary on 13:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:1 TSK -> Commentary on 13:1 TSK -> Entry for 13:1 WEN -> Notes on 13:1 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Loyalty; Rome; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Courts of Justice; Kings; Magistrates; Obedience to God EBD -> Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:1 TV -> Devotional using 13:1 TV -> Devotional using 13:1 TV -> Devotional using 13:1 13:1 - [In Context] All of you must obey the government rulers. Every person who rules was given the power to rule by God. And all the people that rule now were given that power by God.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:2 JFB -> Commentary on 13:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:2 PNT -> Commentary on 13:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:2 TSK -> Commentary on 13:2 TSK -> Entry for 13:2 WEN -> Notes on 13:2 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Ordinance; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Courts of Justice; Kings EBD -> Damnation; Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:2 13:2 - [In Context] So the person that is against the government is really against something God has commanded. People that are against the government cause themselves to be punished.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:3 JFB -> Commentary on 13:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:3 PNT -> Commentary on 13:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:3 TSK -> Commentary on 13:3 TSK -> Entry for 13:3 WEN -> Notes on 13:3 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Rulers TTT -> Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Courts of Justice; Magistrates EBD -> Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:3 13:3 - [In Context] People that do right don't have to fear the rulers. But those people that do wrong must fear the rulers. Do you want to be free from fearing the rulers? Then you should do right. If you do right, then the rulers will praise you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:4 JFB -> Commentary on 13:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:4 PNT -> Commentary on 13:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:4 TSK -> Commentary on 13:4 TSK -> Entry for 13:4 WEN -> Notes on 13:4 NTB -> Government; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Courts of Justice; Magistrates; Punishments; Sword, The EBD -> Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:4 13:4 - [In Context] A ruler is God's servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. The ruler has the power to punish, and he will use that power. He is God's servant to punish people that do wrong.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:5 JFB -> Commentary on 13:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:5 PNT -> Commentary on 13:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:5 TSK -> Commentary on 13:5 TSK -> Entry for 13:5 WEN -> Notes on 13:5 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Integrity; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Conscience; Courts of Justice; Kings EBD -> Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:5 13:5 - [In Context] So you must obey the government. You should obey because you might be punished if you don't obey. And you should also obey because you know that is the right thing to do.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:6 JFB -> Commentary on 13:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:6 PNT -> Commentary on 13:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:6 TSK -> Commentary on 13:6 TSK -> Entry for 13:6 WEN -> Notes on 13:6 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Kings; Magistrates; Tribute EBD -> Minister; Taxes; Tribute SBD -> Minister PWP -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 TV -> Devotional using 13:6 13:6 - [In Context] And this is why you pay taxes too. Those rulers are working for God and give all their time to the work of ruling.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:7 JFB -> Commentary on 13:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:7 PNT -> Commentary on 13:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:7 TSK -> Commentary on 13:7 TSK -> Entry for 13:7 WEN -> Notes on 13:7 NTB -> Citizens; Government; Rulers TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Kings; Tribute EBD -> Taxes SBD -> Taxes PWP -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 TV -> Devotional using 13:7 13:7 - [In Context] Give all people what you owe them. If you owe them any kind of tax, then pay it. Show respect to the people you should respect. And show honor to the people you should honor.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:8 JFB -> Commentary on 13:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:8 PNT -> Commentary on 13:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:8 TSK -> Commentary on 13:8 TSK -> Entry for 13:8 WEN -> Notes on 13:8 NTB -> Commandments; Debt; Decalogue; Love TTT -> Law of God, The; Love to Man PWP -> Devotional using 13:8 PWP -> Devotional using 13:8 TV -> Devotional using 13:8 TV -> Devotional using 13:8 TV -> Devotional using 13:8 13:8 - [In Context] Don't owe people anything. But you will always owe love to each other. The person that loves other people has obeyed all the law. F135
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:9 JFB -> Commentary on 13:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:9 PNT -> Commentary on 13:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:9 TSK -> Commentary on 13:9 TSK -> Entry for 13:9 WEN -> Notes on 13:9 NTB -> Adultery; Commandments; Covetousness; Crime; Decalogue; False Teachers; Golden Rule; Homicide; Love; Neighbor; Quotations And Allusions; Theft And Thieves TTT -> Love to Man; Murder; Theft EBD -> Decalogue; Theft PWP -> Devotional using 13:9 PWP -> Devotional using 13:9 PWP -> Devotional using 13:9 TV -> Devotional using 13:9 TV -> Devotional using 13:9 13:9 - [In Context] {Why do I say this?} Because the law says, "You must not do the sin of adultery, F136 you must not murder anyone, you must not steal anything, you must not want things that belong to other people." F137 All these commands and all other commands are really only one rule: "Love other people the same as you love yourself." F138
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:10 JFB -> Commentary on 13:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:10 PNT -> Commentary on 13:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:10 TSK -> Commentary on 13:10 TSK -> Entry for 13:10 WEN -> Notes on 13:10 NTB -> Commandments; Decalogue; Law; Love; Neighbor TTT -> Law of God, The; Love to Man PWP -> Devotional using 13:10 PWP -> Devotional using 13:10 TV -> Devotional using 13:10 TV -> Devotional using 13:10 13:10 - [In Context] Love doesn't hurt other people. So loving is the same as obeying all the law.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:11 JFB -> Commentary on 13:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:11 PNT -> Commentary on 13:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 13:11 TSK -> Commentary on 13:11 TSK -> Entry for 13:11 WEN -> Notes on 13:11 NTB -> Commandments; Righteous; Rising; Watchfulness TTT -> Early Rising; Salvation PWP -> Devotional using 13:11 PWP -> Devotional using 13:11 13:11 - [In Context] I say these things because you know that we live in an important time. Yes, it is now time for you to wake up from your sleep. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:12 JFB -> Commentary on 13:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:12 PNT -> Commentary on 13:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:12 TSK -> Commentary on 13:12 TSK -> Entry for 13:12 WEN -> Notes on 13:12 NTB -> Armor; Commandments; Darkness; Holiness; Night; Rising; War TTT -> Arms, Military; Early Rising; Night; Roman Empire, The; Second Coming of Christ, The; Warfare of Saints PWP -> Devotional using 13:12 PWP -> Devotional using 13:12 13:12 - [In Context] The night F139 is almost finished. The day F140 is almost here. So we should stop doing things that belong to darkness (sin). We should prepare ourselves to fight evil with the weapons that belong to the light (good).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:13 JFB -> Commentary on 13:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:13 PNT -> Commentary on 13:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:13 TSK -> Commentary on 13:13 TSK -> Entry for 13:13 WEN -> Notes on 13:13 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Commandments; Continence; Darkness; Drunkenness; Envy; Gluttony; Holiness; Lasciviousness; Strife; Walking TTT -> Chastity; Drunkenness; Envy; Gluttony; Strife EBD -> Chambering; Drunk; Entertain; Wine PWP -> Devotional using 13:13 PWP -> Devotional using 13:13 13:13 - [In Context] We should live in a right way, like people that belong to the day. We should not have wild and wasteful parties. We should not be drunk. We should not do sexual sins or sin in any way with our bodies. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 13:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 13:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 13:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 13:14 JFB -> Commentary on 13:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 13:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 13:14 PNT -> Commentary on 13:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 13:14 TSK -> Commentary on 13:14 TSK -> Entry for 13:14 WEN -> Notes on 13:14 NTB -> Affections; Commandments; Gluttony; Holiness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Self-Denial; Temperance TTT -> Affections, The; Gluttony PWP -> Devotional using 13:14 PWP -> Devotional using 13:14 13:14 - [In Context] But become like the Lord Jesus Christ, so when people see what you do, they will see Christ. Don't think about how to satisfy your sinful self and the bad things you want to do.
FOOTNOTES: F135: law   God's law. It is represented in the law of Moses. F136: adultery   Breaking a marriage promise by sexual sin. F137: "You must not … people"   Quote from Ex. 20:13-15, 17. F138: "Love other people … yourself"   Quote from Lev. 19:18. F139: night   Used as a symbol of the sinful world we live in. F140: day   Used as a symbol of the good time that is coming.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.